鼓掌

Chinese

		convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat	palm (of hand); in charge of
simp. and trad. (鼓掌)		鼓	掌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² zoeng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-chióng / kó͘-chiáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔzhǎng [Phonetic: gúzhǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-chang³
    • Yale: gǔ-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guujaang
    • Palladius: гучжан (gučžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² zoeng²
    • Yale: gú jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chióng
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tsióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofciorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chiáng
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tsiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofciarng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaŋ⁵³/

Verb

鼓掌

1. to applaud

   起立鼓掌  ―  qǐlì gǔzhǎng  ―  to give a standing ovation

Synonyms

• 拍手 (pāishǒu)
• (Min Nan) 拍噗仔 (phah-pho̍k-á), 拍噗, 拍匹噗仔

Derived terms

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